Crystal+A+Barriers


 * BARRIERS DISCUSSION**


 * Please list the results of your facilitated discussion on barriers and restraints to managing change and shift in schools.**
 * What is preventing them from being successful at implementing change?**


 * Tech directors – being able to actually use the technology – former Marine: all about networking and security – doesn’t understand the educational background – need to be at equal level
 * Coach and Library Media Specialist - difficult to get out to teachers as much as possible – struggling to find happy medium
 * Time factor from teacher’s perspective – have great ideas, but not enough time to develop what they want – work with me to develop/try new things but then have no time to further the work
 * Conservative area – technology use policy says no posting online without parental permission – no one really doing this yet (they just say ‘OK’ we’re not allowed to) – no collaboration with anyone outside the building (students) – feel tied down and can’t do the things we learn about
 * Math Coach/Literacy/CFF Coach – Keystone Exams: Curriculum, Projects, how am I going to have time to implement all of it? Time factor – want to make sure the students pass the Keystones – not going to fall back on them
 * Tech Coach/Date Team Leader/Curriculum – being pulled in too many directions – what I see as priorities are not the same as those of the administration – time factor
 * Tech Director – held too much to the administration stuff – no time to visit classrooms – “eat up and spit out” administrators (known for this as a school) – also am a full time teacher - teachers say “We do it well already…why do we need to do this? We are one of the best (test scores)” – No Time to do this
 * Teacher buy in – why do I do this? No time or resources available to create projects – when teachers do “excel” other teachers grumble – “Don’t know how he/she is covering the curriculum with what he/she is doing in the classroom.” – administration says “Take out the fluff…” – no administrative support
 * Stretched thin – always doing something new – administration goes to conference and try to initialize what they learned – too much
 * 1 Part time Tech director (K-12) – building relationship: not a good rapport with teachers (“Don’t see me after 11am for tech issues…I’m teaching.”) – won’t take help from anyone – administration doesn’t push for her to help
 * Need an Administration and School Board “Boot Camp” – administration not all on same page (all at different levels) – get all on board
 * Unwillingness on faculty perspective – student behavior is so poor that collaborative groups aren’t possible – lack the proper social skills
 * Time – only a half-time coach – more in-service time to share ideas/thoughts – don’t want to go to the next step (using the IWB as a “glorified” chalkboard)
 * Time (has 4 elementary buildings) – a lot of technology but in-service teachers for 3 ½ hours or less – no follow up (don’t use our technology to its fullest potential…) – inequality for equipment distribution (hard to in-service when teachers don’t all have the equipment)
 * Stretched too thin – time factor: tons of equipment but our teachers have directive on curriculum on the in-service days – no follow-up on the little time that is given for technology training/workshops – never been fulltime
 * Budget – tight fiscal year with cuts from state making it more difficult to meet the budget for this year
 * Time – for Professional development in the teacher contractual timeframe
 * Mindset of teachers – teacher preparation does not jive with current push to change teaching (thinking outside the box)
 * Process of opening the technology to our teachers (internet filters)
 * Time and support – trying to fit this into the curriculum – administration says “Here’s the equipment and use it – teach the curriculum as well” – no time to prepare
 * Low test scores beats out the 100% support I receive from administration
 * Professional Development – time
 * 1 shot deals – no focused Professional Development – no follow up (need to put into practice what you’ve learned on your own)


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